Daily Quiz #319
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 2 December 2009
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1
For what is "Halliwell's" is a reference book?
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2
What is the name of the classic English horse race run at Epsom, the day before the Derby?
Note: This question was updated in February 2020
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3
What celebrity couple had a daughter named Frances Bean?
A
Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love
B
Annie Lennox and Dave Mathews
C
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills
D
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
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4
In March 2009, 53rd Street in New York city was renamed what?
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5
Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927 after Lenin's death. How did he die?
A
Shot by Russian forces as a spy, 1944
B
Worked to death in a gulag, 1931
C
Assassinated in Mexico, 1940
D
Shot while defending Stalingrad,1944
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6
With what do artists working in oils wash their brushes?
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7
What is the name for the centre of an atom?
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